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Yes, but the motor (turbine) to run kero is more expensive than the motor (piston) to run petrol.

• grogenaut 7y ago
  The motor to run the drones was expensive till they became mass produced and dropped in price. Same for the batteries. DJI Drones aren't exactly cheap either. also I believe if you want to be pedantic, if it runs on combustion it's a engine. if electric then a motor.
  • eitland 7y ago
    > also I believe if you want to be pedantic, if it runs on combustion it's a engine. if electric then a motor. I think that might be less general than you think: General Motors hasn't exactly been known for their electric motors the last few decades. Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine
    • twic 7y ago
      "Motor" is commonly used for rockets too, eg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_rocket_motor_classification#Motor_impulse_by_class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_rocket_motor_classificat...
  • dredmorbius 7y ago
    The motor/engine dichotomy is blurry at best. However "reciprocating engine" has a clear usage preponderance over "reciprocating motor": https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=reciprocating%20engine%2C%20reciprocating%20motor&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Creciprocating%20engine%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Creciprocating%20motor%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=reciprocating%...